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Originally Posted by Galadriel55
It's not exactly an oxymoron. For example, in Russian, there in a general word that could mean curse, bless, and swear (as in oath). All these words coe fro the same root. I never heard such a word in English, so I guess there isn't any. Or maybe I'm such a dunce I just don't know English properly.
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Er, the word "swear" can mean both of those two words ("curse" and "oath"), just not at the same time or the way I think you intended. Still... just had to point that out.